Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-03
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Hands of Country Girls and the Kind of Gloves They Wear-Gloves for Mer-

Hands of Country Girls and the Kind O.
 Gloves They Wear-GIoves for Men.
 ~HOw do you find New York ladies hands ,,
 Comparatively srna1,H said the girl at tn.
 glove counter. "They average between 5H
 and 61l, but of cOGrse there are exceptions.
 Why, just before you came fin spent nearly
 three-Quarters of an hour tugging and pull
 Ing at a No. glove trying tO get it on a hand
 that needed a 7j5. The woman was a society
 lender, and her diamonds would make ma
 happy enough to leave here and get - well.
 never mind what and she Llushed zShs
 may have worn c five years ago, but she
 hGs no use for G now. What she wanted was
 7jIs.'
 And whnt WIS the other cinssTr
 | ~Oh, yes. They are the country girls You smile, because you think of large. course. red
 hands. smelling of butter and milk. The girls | do have refreshing look, and smell of the country. and I'd rather wait on 100 of them ' saturated as they arc with natures perfumes than on one society woman washed in IiIy of ! the valley. Honest, would Country giris' hands are small and white as any society girls who never did a stroke of work i'm her life. cannot explain it, and I am not going to Try, only it is a fact. There's a funny thing about them, too Their hands are ali ways shapely and easily fitted with cIoyes As a usua! thing they want plain, bright colors, such as tan, yellow, blue or dark gresf; the brighter the better for them. The society girl wants something recherche like 'mignonette,' putty ashes of rosss,' wood tints,' 'moOnbeani' and all neutral tnts They must have glove to match every one of their dresseS-
 And how about menF
 Well, they are charming don't say thu, because I'm woman Men always como in and give their number, say what color they want and don't take up any time nt all. Usu- ally they take some shade of tan or plain l black A great many men who arc fastidious | without it being known always wear black | gloves They know the secret that A black | glove always makes the hand look smaller. | SPeakng of black reminds ms that mourning | styios m gloves change as often. almost, as t | does in dresseS Some years ago 1t vas tbs | style Go wear black dressed kid for deer | mourning, and now the sorrow Is softened | by wearing undressed kids m black. A society lady whom l know very well, because sbs | bays all her gloves here, bought six pair, of | undresscd mourning gloves when her pes dOg died, last spring That may sound nonsenstcal, but 1t Is the truth never- theleSs. For full dress, chalk vhlee and cream and pearl are the real tony shades, and-4h. yes came near forgetting the dudes don7 mean athletic society young men, but rual dudes, who talk like babies and lisp. They are just too funny anything. They come in and look over box or two of gloves, stretch them to see how light the kid Is when ou the hand, and have had them ask me to let them see tho glove by gas light Oh, they're up to all sorts of tricks, the dudes ara
 The pretty, tired looking shop girl sighed, brushed back her brown LAngtry bang, and went to lunch Like the policemans, the glove clerks lot is not Q happy One-Bells Archer in New York Star.